View full sizeSurveillance footage from the Cheboygan Walmart store shoes a man suspected of theft.courtesy photo/Cheboygan Department of Public Safety

CHEBOYGAN, MI -- Police are looking for a man who slipped off with a Walmart cash register early Saturday afternoon, July 26.

Cheboygan authorities say the man arrived with a child, about 12 to 14 years of age, and called a clerk from the lawn and garden center with his cell phone, saying his wife had left her checkbook on the patio. When he saw the clerk leave, he ran over, unplugged the register, and fled out the door.

Police believe the suspect got away with about $780 in cash. The child was not involved in the theft, police say.